Social theory: classical and contemporary - a critical perspective

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Classical Social Theory -- 1 Hegel on Dialectics, the State, and Society -- 2 Marx and Engels on Social Class and Class Struggle -- 3 Durkheim on Society and Social Order -- 4 Weber on Bureaucracy, Power, and Social Status -- 5 Pareto, Mosca, and Michels on Elites and Masses -- 6 Simmel on Social Relations and Group Affiliations -- 7 Cooley and Mead on Human Nature and Society -- 8 Freud on the Development of Society and Civilization -- 9 Addams and Early Women Social Theorists -- 10 Veblen on the Leisure Class and Conspicuous Consumption -- 11 Karl Mannheim and the Sociology of Knowledge -- 12 Gramsci and Lenin on Ideology, the State, and Revolution -- 13 Kollontai on Class, Gender, and Patriarchy -- 14 Du Bois and Frazier on Race, Class, and Social Emancipation -- Part II: Contemporary Social Theory -- 15 Parsons, Merton, and Functionalist Theory -- 16 Mills on the Power Elite -- 17 Domhoff on the Power Structure and the Governing Class -- 18 Althusser, Poulantzas, and Miliband on Politics and the State -- 19 Trimberger, Block, and Skocpol and Neo-Weberian Theorizing -- 20 Homans on Social Exchange -- 21 The Frankfurt School of Critical Theory -- 22 Goffman and Garfinkel on Dramaturgy, Ethnomethodology, and Everyday Life -- 23 Wilson and Willie on Race, Class, and Poverty -- 24 Feminist Theory: Yesterday and Today -- 25 Wallerstein and World-Systems Theory -- 26 Theories of Globalization -- 27 Therborn and Szymanski on Contemporary Marxist Theory -- 28 Foucault on the Diffusion of Power -- 29 Harvey and Callinicos on Postmodernism and Its Critique -- 30 Social Movements and Transformation -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author